I have the Brother 2240 for a few months an it is working quite nicely.
Previously I had a Samsung for about 5 years. Got rid of that when
the built-in paper pickup rollers stared to wear out and wouldn't grab
the paper anymore.
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On 12/30/2013 11:41 AM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> I've just recently purchased my third Brother laser printer but haven't
> put it into service yet. I don't recall the model number of the printer
> I just bought but not installed yet. It's very low cost... cheap
> enough that it doesn't support direct printing from the LAN. It must be
> installed on one computer or the other. Cheap as it was it does do
> double sided printing which is a feature I use heavily.
>
> Although I've replaced the first printer and am on the verge of
> replacing the second (an HL-2040) I have never had a failure other than
> running out of toner. My rule for laser printers is to replace the low
> capacity starter cartridge when it runs out and the next regular
> cartridge as well... and *maybe* even consider a third cartridge. After
> that I consider it more economical to replace the entire printer. The
> reason is that, with laser printers, when it appears that the cartridge
> is running out, it's possible that the real problem is that the drum
> needs to be replaced. Cartridges are always expensive but drums are
> *really* expensive. If I buy a cartridge and install it but it turns
> out that the real problem is the drum I either have to buy the expensive
> drum or eat the cost of the (now) unusable cartridge. (which will
> undoubtedly be incompatible with a new printer)
>
> I bought the new printer from Staples at a very good sale price thinking
> that the cartridge was running out. However, after I bought it I tried
> rocking the old cartridge gently from side-to-side which rejuvenated it.
> That gave it some more life but I'm sure it will die before much
> longer and the new printer is just setting there in reserve.
>
> I've been quite satisfied with my Brother laser printers as they're very
> low cost and, in my (10+ years???) of ownership they're very reliable.
> It's a wild guess but I think the HL-1240 has probably printed some
> 2-3,000 sheets with many of them being double sided. The only thing I
> don't like about the HL-1240 (and I don't know if other laser printers
> are different) is that it imparts a strong curl to the paper after
> printing. It eventually relaxes but fresh out of the printer there's a
> strong curl.
>
> In my Florida house I have a low cost HP color all-in-one that can print
> from the LAN. It's the only printer and the print over the LAN feature
> is a requirement here based on printer location and wiring problems.
> Problems I don't have in the other house where the Brother laser is located.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
>
> On 12/30/2013 7:01 AM, Chris Barker wrote:
>> I have a Brother HL-2030 which I bought secondhand in 2005 for my MBA
>> assignments. It is still going strong, with good quality prints,
>> speedy delivery and a very small footprint. I think that I’ve
>> changed the cartridge once for a very reasonable cost.
>>
>> Chris
>>
>> On 30 Dec 2013, at 08:50, Andrew Fildes <afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> First check the price of replacement cartridges for a cheap laser
>>> printer. Sometimes they are much more than the printer itself
>>> (which has been supplied with a starter cart that's only 25% full!)
>>> There in the business of selling plastic boxes of extremely
>>> expensive black powder. I have a little Brother which is quite
>>> reasonable and I found fresh carts for it online at only 60% of the
>>> cost of a whole new printer! Andrew Fildes
>>
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